On Appointments

The faculty appointments meeting.  Sheer perfection.

A sample:

The bottom line is that [candidate] Mary Prescott reminds me of me.  And so she will contribute to the law school in (many) many ways.  By contrast, [candidate] Frank Wright reminds me of you, Tony, and that’s an unpleasant reminder.  We don’t need more of you.   The law school should be looking to downsize you.  And simultaneously, the law school should be spending far greater resources validating what I do.”  . . . 

“I would like 32 credits for constitutional law.”

“Brian, please, let’s raise our hands.”

 

(HT: Steve Bainbridge)